As I sit infront of my computer screen in my sleep deprived state (damn you FIFA for being so deliciously fun), I think about all the comments that were left in my last blogpost.

Thank you to all who read it and commented and shared their opinions! If you haven't read it, you might want to read it before you get to this one.

Anyway, a few of you good IGN-ers decided to advice me on how to remedy the problem I had been having with gaming recently. Your general response was for me to buy a new console (which seems like a decent, simple idea).

PlayStation Vita...

Yummy...Oh soo yummy...

This seems like the most logical next purchase for me, but it doesn't come without it's faults.

When GAME started advertising that a demonstration version of the Vita was available in store for people to try, I immediately went down there to try it out. The graphics were amazing. I didn't quite understand the interface at the time, but I think it's something you would just have to get used to. I didn't get a chance to try out the built-in speakers, but if I'm ever going to game on the go, I would use my Astro A30s anyway. The Vita felt extremely good in my hands. Although the selection of games at the time were not very varied, I thought this could soon change. Sony wouldn't leave one of their consoles out to dry and not release any good games for it, so I didn't think much of it. I just felt like this could quite possibly be my next purchase! That is until I asked about the prices...

Starting from £219.99...

Thats insanity.

And that wasn't the end of the bad news!

I was then informed that you NEEDED to buy a memory card separately to do anything with the system, the smile on my face caused by the Vita's charm immediately turned into what can only be described with the following picture.

'Nuff said

Don't get me wrong, the charm was still there. I still really wanted one.

But knowing that this handheld console cost more than a second hand version of its bigger, badass brother (PS3). What's the point?

But again, the charm was still there. I STILL really wanted one. I wanted something I could use for gaming on-the-go. I do tend to travel quite a bit, (Train travel between London and Kingston, 5 hour plane journey between Heathrow and Larnaca Airport) so gaming on-the-go is still something I'm interested in. But it just doesn't feel right paying more for less.

Many of you at this point may be priming your fingers your keyboards getting ready to furiously tell me to buy a 3DS.

I want a Vita simply because the graphics are amazing, and needed a gaming experience similar to that of a Xbox 360, but on-the-go.

If only life was the way it was back then...

I'm a bit skeptical about Nintendo recently. After the release of the Gamecube (which I did own), Nintendo was trying to find ways to sell hardware without being in direct competition with Sony and Microsoft. Instead of trying to create a "standard" gaming system and battling it out with the two other big companies using features, graphics, and exclusives as ammunition, they decided to use innovation. They tried to change the way we play games. Incorporating touch-screens, glasses-less 3D, and motion, Nintendo took the first steps into gaming a different way.

Next idea? Lets have people hold small screens infront of bigger screens!

But innovation isn't everything. I don't want something that works amazing in theory but not in practice. I pay for an experience, not an idea.

So Nintendo disappointed me with the Wii and DS (I had the first gen DS), and it looks like they are going to disappoint me again with the Wii U (I won't judge it until it actually comes out and I see how it works in practice). The DS's graphics were disappoint. Having to switch between holding a stylus and holding the system wasn't practical. The screens didn't impress me. The game selection back then also didn't help. I ended up giving my DS away to my 10 year old cousin because I just simply wasn't using it.

But again, this is all my opinion.

I still haven't found anything to quench my thirst for mobile gaming.

"What about the iPhone and iPad?"

Being an owner of both an iPhone 4 and iPad, I can tell you that these are great devices. But I don't find myself gaming on them. Sure they both have great games on them, but they don't give me the same sensation I receive when I play my 360. The other day, on the train from London back to Kingston, I decided to give gaming with my iPhone a go. I played a couple games; Doodle Jump, FlickFootball, Gravity Guy, Temple Run, Angry Birds, Road Trip, and FallDown!. These kept me entertained for a few minutes before I was just aggravated with the fact I couldn't surpass my previous high-scores.

These are all what I would call "mini-games". I don't have any big games on my iPhone (FIFA, Mass Effect, etc.) because I keep my entire music collection on the phone and there isn't enough space, AND more importantly, having played FIFA on iPhone, using a touchscreen to control a virtual gamepad didn't feel natural. It felt odd.

Heaven? Hello...anyone there?

So until Sony decides to reduce the price of the PS Vita, Nintendo decides to release a "proper" handheld (I'm actually considering buying a second hand Gameboy) or Microsoft releases a handheld gaming device, I think I'm going to just have to endure painstakingly long flights (next ones on thursday *sadface*) with no gaming sensations.